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Re: Marriott Going to Point Syst (by T M.):

I agree with you. The Points system has devalued our timeshares. I have a very desirable Marriott timeshare Platinum week during the few ski weeks in Utah on the mountain of Park City. Even Before the points system - there were years I would call at 9:00am the first day I could book 12 months out and I couldn't get the week wanted. Now with the Points system it will be even harder. (Good ski weeks are very limited. Two weeks during my season they have the Sundance Film Festival in town- making it even harder to reserve those weeks with all the movie stars running around town with all their cash.) I think at my resort there also may be a larger group of owners with more than one week so they can reserve 13 months ahead. I only have one week at that resort so I have to call 12 months out to reserve. So the new Points system is going to allow points owners to take more weeks - leaving less weeks for me - the legacy owner to get. And like you I paid Lots of money to Marriott to get this Platinum timeshare week so that I could ski at this resort. I have never traded my ski week away. I own a Platinum Orlando, FL week that I trade all the time. I bought into the points because I can see the handwriting on the wall - eventually that is going to be the only way Marriott timeshare owners will be able to trade. Because Marriott will rig the trading system so it will be next to impossible to trade using Interval. I don't like that all Marriott timeshare owners are getting taken but, Marriott has a monopoly and that is what happens to the little guy.